Strait Country

Strait Country is the debut album of American country music artist George Strait. It has been certified platinum by the RIAA and it includes the singles "Unwound", "Down and Out", and "If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)". Respectively, these reached #6, #16 and #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs charts).

Track listing

1. "Unwound" (Dean Dillon, Frank Dycus) – 2:24
2. "Honky Tonk Downstairs" (Dallas Frazier) – 2:31
3. "Blame It on Mexico" (Darryl Staedler) – 2:45
4. "If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)" (Blake Mevis, David Wills) – 2:55
5. "I Get Along with You" (Dillon, Dycus, Murray F. Cannon, Raleigh Squires, Jimmy Darrell) – 2:40
6. "Down and Out" (Dillon, Dycus) – 3:23
7. "Friday Night Fever" (Dillon, Dycus, Mevis) – 2:27
8. "Every Time You Throw Dirt On Her (You Lose a Little Ground)" (Michael Garvin, Tom Shapiro) – 3:05
9. "She's Playing Hell Trying to Get Me to Heaven" (Dillon, Wills, Charles Quillen) – 2:39
10. "Her Goodbye Hit Me In the Heart" (Dillon, Dycus) – 3:02

Personnel

• Clyde Brooks - drums
• Sudie Callaway - background vocals
• Jimmy Capps - rhythm guitar
• Rita Figlio - background vocals
• Sonny Garish - steel guitar
• Bob Gelotte - drums
• Rob Hajacos - fiddle
• Arlene Harden - background vocals
• Sherri Huffman - background vocals
• Mitch Humphries - keyboards
• Dave Kirby - rhythm guitar
• Jerry Kroon - drums
• Mike Leach - bass guitar
• Fred Newell - lead guitar
• Jerry Shook - rhythm guitar
• Buddy Spicher - fiddle
• Bobby Thompson - rhythm guitar
• Diane Tidwell - background vocals
• Curtis Young - background vocals

Chart performance